40K: Manifest Upon Evil

Ten thousand years have passed since the Great Heresy came to an end, and humanity has done little more than cling to a desperate, lingering survival. The young are raised without knowledge of their own history; the heroes of old are now spoken of only as forbidden names. Treachery, conspiracy, carnage, and death have become the immutable constants of existence. Darkness holds absolute sway, the galaxy is engulfed in ruin, and the fires of war burn without cease across every star. What remains in this age that is worth cherishing? What conviction still merits the spilling of blood? ... "Should they ever return, call upon him. Call upon the nameless dead who appears when evil stirs—the one cloaked in flame." "The warrior shall awaken in fulfillment of the oath." — Ancient Legends and Myths, Volume XI.